The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Sufyan and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah to Ta'if to demolish al-Lat in Ramadan of Year 9 after the Hijrah (9 AH)
In Ramadan of Year 9 after the Hijrah (9 AH), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Sufyan and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah to Ta'if to demolish al-Lat, and it was demolished.

In Ramadan of Year 9 after the Hijrah (9 AH), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Sufyan and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah to Ta'if to demolish al-Lat, and it was demolished.
This falls within the stage of removing signs of polytheism after Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula.
In Ramadan of this year, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Abu Sufyan and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah to Ta'if to demolish al-Lat, and they demolished it.
The meaning is that the Prophet ﷺ sent someone to remove the idol al-Lat in Ta'if, so it was demolished and ceased to exist.
Thaqif came to the Prophet ﷺ, then embraced Islam and asked that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ personally handle the demolition of al-Lat, so he agreed and ordered it to be demolished.
Ending the outward signs of shirk in Ta'if after its people entered Islam.
The people of Ta'if moved from the presence of al-Lat among them to its removal and destruction.
Removing one of the Arabs’ most famous idols in Ta'if
Showing the victory of tawhid over shirk
Establishing the authority of Islam in Ta'if
Changing the religious symbol around which Thaqif used to gather
Teaching that Islam removes manifestations of idolatry
Turning the place from a pagan center into an Islamic environment
Completing the purification of the peninsula from symbols of shirk
He ordered that someone be sent to destroy al-Lat and accepted its destruction after Thaqif embraced Islam
He was sent to Ta'if among those who carried out the destruction of al-Lat
He took part in destroying al-Lat
The tribe with whom al-Lat was, then they embraced Islam and accepted its destruction
Tawhid requires removing idols
Fulfilling what Islam requires by abandoning falsehood
The tribe coming together to leave its old symbol
Consolidating the authority of the Islamic state in Ta'if
Teaching Muslims to act decisively in removing open wrongs
Carrying out the religious decision by sending someone to do it
The move from idolatry to monotheism
The survival of symbols or practices that go against monotheism in some settings
The need to remove what contradicts the creed after the truth is established
Decisiveness in correcting symbols and practices that go against it
That doctrinal reform needs a decision and action
Responding to the truth and leaving attachment to falsehood
It is limited to what agrees with sound Islamic teaching and does not go beyond to uncontrolled forms
The demolition took place in the context of removing a clear pagan idol after its people had embraced Islam
If a religious symbol that contradicts monotheism is proven false, it must be removed through lawful means